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local and regional press media. All 

attendees will be given the opportunity 

to ask questions and provide comments 

to the planning team. The Web site 

noted above will provide the most upto-date information regarding the 

project, including project description, 

planning process updates, meeting 

reports and documents, and 

informational links associated with the 

project. 

Decision Process: Following the 

scoping phase and due consideration of 

public concerns and other agency 

comments, a Draft EIS for the Nonnative Ungulate Management Plan will 

be prepared and released for public 

review. Availability of the forthcoming 

Draft EIS for pubic review and written 

comment will be formally announced 

through the publication of a Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register, as 

well as through local and regional news 

media, direct mailing to the project 

mailing list, and via the internet at the 

project Web site. At this time it is 

expected that the Draft EIS/plan may be 

available for public release during 

summer-fall, 2009. Following due 

consideration of all agency and public 

comment as may be forthcoming after 

release of the draft document, a Final 

EIS will be prepared. As a delegated 

EIS, the official responsible for the final 

decision on the proposed non-native 

ungulate management plan is the 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region, 

National park Service. Subsequently, 

the official directly responsible for 

implementation of the approved plan 

would be the Superintendent, Hawai’i 

Volcanoes National Park. 

Dated: December 3, 2007. 

Jonathan B. Jarvis, 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 08–628 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–KU–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change of Use for the Mark Twain 

Recreation Area Lake Access, New 

Melones Lake, Tuolumne County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change in use of 

public access. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation’s 

New Melones Recreation Resource 

Office will change public use of the 

Mark Twain Recreation Area Lake 

Access, located within a special use 

area, near the Park Administration and 

Visitor Center at new Melones Lake. The 

public use will change from launching 

of trailered boats of any size to 

launching of small boats by hand only. 

Boats will be limited to canoes, kayaks, 

rowboats, skiffs, or small boats with up 

to a ten horsepower motor that can be 

hand carried. With this change in use, 

vehicles, including motorcycles, will no 

longer be permitted to drive to the 

water’s edge to launch boats or for other 

purposes. The location of vehicle access 

will vary due to fluctuating water level 

of the lake, irregularity of the shoreline 

and eroded nature of the former 

roadway which is used for lake access. 

However, Reclamation intends to 

manage vehicle access to allow public 

vehicles to within approximately 100–

200 feet of the water. Other authorized 

recreation activities will not be affected. 

This change in use will serve to enhance 

public safety and water quality, while 

providing for recreation and protection 

of cultural and natural resources in the 

area. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: The change of use will 

become effective April 1, 2008 and 

continue indefinitely. 

ADDRESSES: A map of the proposed 

change is available at Reclamation’s 

New Melones Lake Visitor Center, 

located at 6840 Studhorse Flat road, 

Sonora, California 95370. The Visitor 

Center is open to the public from 10 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Wednesday through 

Sunday. The map is also on the New 

Melones Web site at: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/field_offices/ 

new_melones/index.html. To have a 

map mailed to you, fax your request to 

209–536–9652 or send your request to 

the address above, Attention: Mark 

Twain Change of Use Map Request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Public Affairs Office, at 916–

978–5100, or contact Peggi Brooks, 

Resource Manager, New Melones 

Recreation Resource Office via e-mail at 

pbrooks@mp.usbr.gov or by telephone at 

209–536–9094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is being taken under 43 CFR part 

423 to protect public safety and prevent 

additional resource degradation. 

Reclamation will change public use of 

the Mark Twain Recreation Area Lake 

Access, located within a special use area 

near the Park Administration and 

Visitor Center at New Melones Lake. 

The public use will change from 

launching of trailered boats of any size 

to launching of small boats by hand 

only. Boat launching will be limited to 

canoes, kayaks, rowboats, skiffs, or 

small boats with up to a ten horsepower 

motor that can be hand carried. With 

this change in use, vehicles, including 

motorcycles, will no longer be permitted 

to drive to the water’s edge to launch 

boats or for other purposes. The location 

of vehicle access will vary due to 

fluctuation water level of the lake, 

irregularity of the shoreline, and eroded 

nature of the former roadway which is 

used for lake access. However 

Reclamation intends to manage vehicle 

access to allow public vehicles to within 

approximately 100–200 feet of the 

water. Boats entering the Mark Twain 

cove from the lake will be required to 

comply with the posted ‘‘No Wake’’

zone to provide for public safety. 

Presently this area is being used for 

shoreline fishing, swimming, hiking and 

launching of boats of all sizes via 

trailers and by hand. These multi-use 

activities have caused visitor conflict 

issues in addition to health and safety 

hazards to the public. The narrow 

access roadway to the Mark Twain 

Recreation Area Lake Access is via old 

State Highway 49 which ends directly at 

the reservoir. Below gross pool level, the 

former road is severely degraded with 

uneven pavement, steep drop-offs, ruts 

and gullies making it unsafe for 

launching of trailered vessels. 

Unrestricted vehicle access to the 

water’s edge has resulted in illegal 

dumping of refuse and hazardous 

materials into the lake, jeopardizing 

water quality, and public health. 

Cultural and natural resources in this 

area are also being damaged by vehicles 

traveling illegally off-road and wave 

erosion due to operation of boats at high 

speeds. In addition, during periods of 

peak use the design capacity of this area 

is often exceeded, making it unsafe to 

operate vehicles, restricting access for 

emergency medical services, and 

endangering visitors. This congestion is 

causing visitors to park on the adjacent 

State Highway 49 road shoulders in an 

unsafe manner. 

The Mark Twain Recreation Area 

Lake Access will remain open to other 

authorized public recreational activities 

including but not limited to fishing, had 

launching of boats under ten 

horsepower, wildlife viewing, hiking, 

and sightseeing. Public foot and bicycle 

access will not be impeded. 

Reclamation will implement the 

change of use by placing vehicle barriers 

across the roadway to restrict public 

vehicle access to approximately 100–

200 feet away from the water’s edge. 

The exact placement of barriers will 

vary depending on lake elevation and 

physical constraints which could 

impact public safety and/or resource 

protection. Removable locking posts 

will be installed at different elevations 

to allow for emergency access. The 

public will be notified of the changes 


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through signage, newspaper press 

releases, and website postings. 

This order is posted in accordance 

with 43 CFR 423.60. Violation of this 

prohibition or any prohibition listed in 

43 CFR part 423 is punishable by fine 

or imprisonment of not more than six 

months, or both. 

Dated: January 14, 2008. 

Robert Schroeder, 

Acting Area Manager, Central California Area 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 08–650 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change of Use for the Waterway 

Between Smittle Creek Day Use Area, 

Oak Shores Day Use Area, and Big 

Island at Lake Berryessa, Napa, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change in public use. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

Mid-Pacific Region, Central California 

Area Office will change public use of 

the Big Island area at Lake Berryessa, 

specifically the waterway between the 

Smittle Creek Day Use Area, the Oak 

Shores Day Use Area, and Big Island. 

Use will change from a gasolinepowered motorized zone to an electric 

trolling motor-only zone. 

DATES: The change of use will become 

effective February 1, 2008 and continue 

indefinitely. 

ADDRESSES: A map of the proposed 

change is available at Reclamation’s 

Lake Berryessa Visitor Center, located at 

5520 Knoxville Rd., Napa, California 

94558. The Visitor Center is open to the 

public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Wednesday through Sunday. The map is 

also on Lake Berryessa’s Web site at: 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/ 

field_offices/lake_berryessa/docs/ 

map_resort.pdf. To have a map mailed 

to your address, fax your request to 707–

966–0409 or send your request to the 

above address, Attention: Big Island 

Change of Use Map Request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region Public Affairs Office, at 916–

978–5100, or contact Janet Rogers, Park 

Manager, Lake Berryessa Recreation 

Resource Branch at 707–966–2111 or via 

e-mail at jlrogers@mp.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is being taken under 43 CFR part 

423 to protect safety and prevent 

additional resource degradation. 

Reclamation will change public use of 

the Big Island Area, located within a 

special use area between Smittle Creek 

and Oak Shores Day Use Area. This 

change in use is consistent with the 

Record of Decision (ROD) for Future 

Recreation Use and Operations of Lake 

Berryessa, issued in June of 2006, 

section III. 6, Land and Water Use 

Classification. This change will serve to 

reduce the impacts of noise on visitors 

and wildlife, provide the opportunity 

for a more primitive recreation 

experience, and enhance public safety, 

while helping to protect the natural 

resources in this area. 

Presently, this area is a 5 mph boating 

zone and is used for swimming, boating, 

both motorized and non-motorized, 

fishing, and wildlife viewing. 

Reclamation will designate the change 

of use area by placing a series of signs 

on buoys identifying the non-gasoline 

motorized zone. The public will be 

notified of the changes through signage, 

newspaper press releases, and Web site 

postings. 

This order is posted in accordance 

with 43 CFR 423.60. Violation of this 

prohibition or any prohibition listed in 

43 CFR part 423 is punishable by fine 

or imprisonment for not more than six 

months or both. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Robert Schroeder, 

Acting Area Manager, Central California Area 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 08–649 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Residential Lead-Based 

Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

Notice is hereby given that on January 

28, 2008 a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. VIP Properties, LLC, 

George L. and Toni Dufour Living Trust, 

Edward Anderson d/b/a Edric 

Associates, 50th Penn, LLC, David C. 

Brown, Hillsboro Homes, LLC, Richard 

O. Hanousek, Victor Yalom, Bisanz 

Family Limited and Jersey Company, 

Civil Action No. 08–CV–246 (PJS/RLE) 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Minnesota. 

The consent decree settles claims 

against the owners and management 

company of approximately 10 

residential properties containing 

approximately 292 units located in the 

area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, 

Minnesota. The claims were brought on 

behalf of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘U.S. EPA’’) and the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (‘‘HUD’’) under the 

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 

Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq. 

(‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction Act’’). The 

United States alleged in the complaint 

that the defendant failed to make one or 

more of the disclosures or to complete 

one or more of the disclosure activities 

required by the Lead Hazard Reduction 

Act. 

Under the Consent Decree, the 

Defendants will certify that they are 

complying with residential lead paint 

notification requirements. They also 

have agreed to hire contractors to 

complete risk assessments and have 

agreed to abate all lead-based paint 

hazards identified in all of the 

residential properties managed by VIP. 

Defendants will pay a civil penalty of 

$7,500. In addition, Defendants have 

agreed to perform a child health 

improvement project (‘‘CHIP’’) designed 

to reduce incidences of childhood lead 

poisoning in the Twin Cities 

metropolitan area where Defendants’

housing properties are located at a cost 

of $50,000. Specifically, Defendants will 

work with the St. Paul Health 

Department and a not-for-profit 

community development organization 

to replace all of the windows in at least 

35 properties in very low income, 

owner-occupied homes with children 

under the age of 6 in the Thomasdale, 

Rice Street, and Lower East Side of St. 

Paul neighborhoods. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Proposed Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 P.O. Box 

7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611, and 

should refer to United States v. VIP 

Properties, et al., D.J. Ref. # 90–5–2–1–

09280. 

The Proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, Office of 

General Counsel, 451 7th St. NW., Room 

9262, Washington, DC 20410; at the 

office of the United States Attorney for 

the District of Minnesota, 600 U.S. 

Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415 (Attn. 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Gregory G. Brooker); and at U.S. EPA 

Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 

IL 60604. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may also be 


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